Conan the Barbarian
#22
[Regular Edition]
(January 1973)
Marvel,
1970 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.20 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1972-10-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Etcetera & The Comic Reader #89 September 1972.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Shadow of the Vulture!
Conan / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (signed)
- Inks
- Barry Windsor-Smith (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Letters
- Barry Windsor-Smith ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan; Vulture
- Reprints
-
in Conan e Kazar (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #17 -
in Conan le Barbare (Editions Héritage, 1972 series) #8 -
in Conan el Bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #80 ([enero 1986]) -
in Conan Saga (Marvel, 1987 series) #75 (June 1993) - in Conan el bárbaro (Planeta DeAgostini, 1998 series) #23 (diciembre 1998)
- in Essential Conan (Marvel, 2000 series) #1 (July 2000) [black and white]
- in The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #2 (May 2010)
- in Conan the Barbarian: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
coloring credits acknowledged by Barry Windsor-Smith in Spectrum Super Special #3 [2005]
![Cover Thumbnail for Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #22 [Regular Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/20/w200/20010.jpg?5621526884501917258)
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The Coming of Conan!
Conan / comic story / 19 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (credited as Barry Smith)
- Inks
- Dan Adkins (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Synopsis
- Setting: Vanaheim, Conan battles at Vanaheim and sees his future. Tara returns to her dimension
- Reprints
- from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #1 (October 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
"Due to loss of artwork in the mails, this issue reprints the first Conan story even though the cover depicts the missing episode (which is presented redrawn in the next issue)" from Marvel Comics Index #2
Irrelevant Info and Inane Items, Illustrated and Inscribed by an Infinite Number of Monkeys!
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
Special Hyborian Page Pin-Up!
Conan / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
- Inks
- Barry Windsor-Smith (illustration)
- Colors
- Barry Windsor-Smith
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Conan
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
"A full-page phantasmagoria pin-up" Barry Windsor-Smith did as a warm up to the upcoming launch of the Conan series.
[no title indexed]
The Hyborian Page / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby; Gene Colan; Marie Severin (illustrations)
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia; Vince Colletta; Marie Severin (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino; Sam Rosen; typeset
- Feature Logo
The Hyborian Page- Reprints
Indexer Notes
No letters, Explanation as to why this issue was a reprint of issue #1. Includes a house ad for Monster Madness #1 and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Shadow of the Vulture!
Conan -
1.
The Coming of Conan!
Conan -
2.
Irrelevant Info and Inane Items, Illustrated and Inscribed by an Infinite Number of Monkeys!
Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
Special Hyborian Page Pin-Up!
Conan -
4.
The Terrific Ten
NBC Saturday Cartoons -
5.
[no title indexed]
The Hyborian Page
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- emanuel maris
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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